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Building Stronger Communities Through Sustained Activism
No full textWhen it comes to human rights and social justice activism in the United States, it’s hard to find a cause in which Helen Zia hasn’t been directly involved.
An award-winning journalist and author, Zia is a second-generation Chinese-American and through her decades-long career has worked on issues ranging from Asian-American civil rights to LGBTQ+ issues to labor rights and more.
On April 17th, 2023, Zia shared stories from her lifetime of activism, sustaining social movements for the long term, and challenging the model-minority myth in a presentation titled “Building Stronger Communities Through Sustained Activism.”
The event, held Gonzaga University’s Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m., was free and open to the public, and was sponsored by GU’s Asian American Union, Filipino American Student Union, the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies department, and the Office of the President. This is the second time Zia has shared her thoughts and perspectives with the Gonzaga community as she presented via a Zoom event in 2021.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Zia was part of Princeton University’s first coeducational graduating class. She started medical school, but quit soon thereafter to move to Detroit to work as an autoworker, construction laborer and community organizer. She found a passion for journalism roughly at the same time a local Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, was killed in a racially-motivated assault. Her coverage drew attention to the ways that Asian Americans are targeted.
Zia went on to become executive editor of Ms. magazine and a regular contributor to outlets ranging from The New York Times to The Nation to The Advocate. Her first book, “Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People,” was published in 2000, and her most recent book, 2019’s “Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of Those Who Fled Mao’s Revolution,” was named one of NPR’s best books of the year
Apparent bias: the inclusion of police officers on the jury and Article 6.1 of the Human Rights Act
No full textIn this article Zia Akhtar (Barrister, Grays Inn) looks at the jury trial and the inclusion of members of the police force that may lead to a breach of Article 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998. The author explains tests for determination of bias, the role of judicial discretion and the consideration of conflicts of interest
Dr. Zia Ul Hassan: Poetic and Literary Dimensions
No full textDr. Zia-ul-Hasan (b. 1964) first gained recognition as a poet. Before the 1990s, during the twentieth century, the literary circle Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Zouq had already acknowledged the maturity of his poetry. His poetic collections, including Bar-e-Musalsal (1996), Adhi Bhook aur Puri Galiyan (2007), and Azal Se (2014), have earned widespread acclaim. His poetry embodies the elements of asceticism, mysticism, and a wandering spirit. During his M.A., he wrote a critical thesis on the poetry of N.M. Rashed, which later formed the basis of the Pakistani Adab ke Mimar series on Rashed's life and work. His doctoral dissertation, titled Urdu Tanqeed ka Umrani Dabistan (The Sociological School of Urdu Criticism), was published by the West Pakistan Academy, Lahore. Dr. Zia-ul-Hasan served as a professor of Urdu literature at Oriental College, Punjab University. His teaching philosophy aimed to connect students directly with original texts and encourage them to form independent opinions before consulting critics, fostering a deep and enduring relationship with literary study. This essay is a humble attempt by the author, who had the privilege of learning from Dr. Zia-ul-Hasan as both a student and a colleague, to capture a glimpse of his poetic themes and metaphors. It reflects a sincere effort to explore the depth of Dr. Zia-ul-Hasan’s literary contributions
The changing patterns of Bangladesh foreign policy: a comparative study of the Mujib and Zia regimes (1971-1981), 1995
No full textThis study has highlighted the changes in Bangladesh foreign policy during the Mu jib and Zia regimes. It has uncovered the fact that the foreign policy of the Sheikh Mu jib regime was shaped by the principles of the national liberation war of Bangladesh (secularism and socialism) although the post-liberation reality demanded the supremacy of the national interest in the foreign policy formulation of the new nation. Because of Mujib's central priority on the principles of the national liberation war, his foreign policy was tilted towards India and the Soviet Union, as the two key international actors of Bangladesh's national liberation war. Due to their skeptical role in the liberation war the United States, China, and the Muslim world were kept away from the preferential treatment. As the Indo-Soviet allies failed to meet the emerging needs and growing economic crisis, Mujib's foreign policy failed to achieve the national interest and it proved dysfunctional. On the other hand, following the eclipse of the Mu jib regime and at the beginning of the Zia era, a thaw began in the foreign policy decision-making process of Bangladesh. Ziaur Rahman considered the national interest as a vantage point and put top priority on it (self preservation, economic advancement, safe-guarding as well as augmenting national power and upholding national ideology). In order to achieve the national interest Zia very promptly transformed Bangladesh's foreign policy from the Indo-Soviet orbit, got rid of the socialist yoke, and aligned with the United States, China, and the Muslim world triangle . Zia1s redesigned foreign policy has successfully explored sufficient external resources to meet the mounting economic crisis and to a great extent contributed to the economic development of Bangladesh. Although the Indo-Soviet threat was posed to the state under Zia, the new alliance of the United States, China, and the Muslim world effectively forestalled the threat and the national interest was served better than during the Mujib regime
introducing and checking style of zia al Zia al-Kūlub Fī Akhlaq al-Matlub a new discovered prose effect of imitate Sa'di's Golestan
No full textThere are many texts on ethical issues that each has been trying to save human values and ethical virtues . Among these works, the valuable book of Zia al-Kūlub Fī Akhlaq al-Matlub is written by Seyyed Mohammad Zia al-Din Hosseini Mazandarani Esfahani known as Hosseini Marashi , which in the eleventh century was drafted into prose and ordered to imitate Sa'di's Golestan . Zia al-Kalwb Fī Akhlaq al-Mutlaub is a detailed book on moral issues based on Qur'anic verses, verses, stories and poems written by Shah Abbas I Safavi , written in one title and two phrases, each in several phrases .The author has not been named in any texts.The research suggests that for the first time, this research attemted to introduce the present effect with the depth of its effect to recognize , its linguistic, intellectual and literary values, relying on the underlying cognitive style to make this valuable work more visible . Since this book has not yet been corrected or ornamented, the study of its style from the complementary rings is a kind of Persian prose style in the Safavid era
Recognizing power consumption patterns of household appliances
No full textFür die automatische Verwaltung von Energiesystemen ist es notwendig, rasche Entscheidungen auf der Basis des Status der beteiligten Geräte zu treffen. Dieser ist nur über kontinuierlichen Zugang zu Verbrauchsdaten zu ermitteln. Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Sensor- und der Kommunikationstechnologie erlauben Fernzugriff auf die Verbrauchsdaten einzelner Verbraucher oder ganzer Haushalte. Nun gilt es, die Art des Geräts aufgrund der gewonnenen Verbrauchsdaten zu identifizieren. Dafür sind entsprechende Methoden notwendig, um eine vernünftige Geräteerkennung zu gewährleisten. Der Fokus dieser Arbeit ist daher, eine Modellstruktur zum Speichern und Wiedererkennen verwschiedener Verbrauchsmuster von Haushaltsgeräten zu entwicklen. Als mathematische Basis werden Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) und Hidden Markov Modelle (HMM) untersucht, um individuelle Verbrauchsprofile zu modellieren. Im Zuge der Untersuchung mit verschiedenen Haushaltsgeräten wird gezeigt, dass HMMs vielversprechendere Ergebnisse als DTW liefern.Im Weiteren werden HMMs verwendet, um den Summenverbrauch als Kombination der Einzelverbräuche zu modellieren. Diese Methode erlaubt es, verschiedene Geräte im Summenverbrauch zu identifizieren. In dieser Arbeit werden darüber hinaus verschiedene Anwendungen der entwickelten Methoden gezeigt. Als Anwendung der Identifizierung verschiedener Geräte wird ein Fallbeispiel der automatischen Energieverbrauchsverwaltung in einem Microgrid gezeigt. Informationen über den Status der Verbraucher sind notwendig, um effiziente Strategien zur Verwaltung auszuwählen.Weiters werden noch andere mögliche Anwendungen beschrieben: Überwachung der Aktivität von Bewohnern basierend auf Aktivitätsmustern der Geräte, ein Fehlerüberwachungssystem für Geräte und ein Sicherheitssystem für Privathäuser basierend auf Aktivitätsmustern der Geräte. Als Anwendungsbeispiel für die Identifizierung der einzelnen Geräte aus dem Summenverbrauch wird eine Datensammlungsanwendung für Design und Evaluierung von Energieverwaltungssystemen und Umweltschutzprogrammen beschrieben.In automated energy management systems, to make instantaneous decisions based on the appliance status information, continuous data access is a key requirement. With the advances in sensor and communication technologies, it is now possible to remotely monitor power consumption of an appliance or the entire house. However, before an appliance is actively monitored, it must be identified using obtained power consumption data. Appropriate methods are required to analyse power consumption patterns for appliance recognition. Focus of this work is to provide the model structure for storing and distinguishing recurring footprints of the household appliances. The Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and Hidden Markov Model (HMM) techniques are explored to recognize individual profiles of appliances. The identification of several appliances shows that HMM method is more promising than DTW.Then, a HMM method that models the aggregate load as combination of individual loads is proposed. This method can differentiate power consumption patterns of appliances from the aggregate profiles. The thesis also outlines different applications of the developed methods.For an appliance load monitoring, a case study of automated management of energy demand in microgrid is presented. The information about the status of appliances is required to implement efficient load management strategies. Furthermore, some potential applications are also described including appliance's status based activity monitoring of householders, a surveillance system for fault detection and security monitoring, based on the activity of appliances. For an aggregate load monitoring, data collection applications are outlined for the design and evaluation of energy management and conservation programs
The effect of demographic changes on saving for life cycle motives in developing countries
No full textIf developing countries follow the same paths that industrialized countries have followed, saving for retirement will initially become more important as the population growth rate declines. To calculate the potential importance of life-cycle savings (saving for retirement), the paper presents a simulation model that translates demographic projections into savings-rate projections. It simulated aggregate rates for life-cycle savings for Brazil, China, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The savings rates increase 5 or 6 percentage points when the last baby boomers enter the work force and begin to save after their children leave home. The effect on life-cycle savings is dramatic; the effect on total savings rates which are often three or four times as high, is not. Simulated life-cycle savings rates peak at an absolute 10 percent or less in all cases. The patterns of these projections seem robust with regard to assumptions about productivity growth, interest rates, and age-specific participation in the labor force.Banks&Banking Reform,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Inequality
Calicnemia fortis Dow, Zia, Naeem & Rafi, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textCalicnemia fortis sp. nov. (Figs. 1 – 7) Type material. Holotype: ♂ (ODO/ZYG/ 217), Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Noseri, 11 v 2005, leg. S. A. Zia, deposited in the National Insect Museum, Islamabad, Pakistan. Paratype: ♂ (ODO/ZYG/ 218), data as holotype. Etymology. The species is named fortis, an adjective, meaning robust, referring to the strong build and relatively large size of the species. Description of holotype male. Head: labium dark brown. Labrum black, clypeus black except for 2 small pale, widely separated spots on postclypeus. Mandible bases black. Genae dark brown adjacent to mandible bases, elsewhere dark with irregular pale markings. An indistinct pale area at junction of frons and clypeus, frons otherwise matte black, vertex and occiput same, antennae with scape and pedicel black with brown sections at top, flagellum missing. Ocelli yellowish. Thorax (Fig. 1): Prothorax matte black with grey pruinesence covering most of propleuron, anterior lobe of pronotum and lateral anterior part of middle lobe. Synthorax matte black except for a narrow irregular yellowish stripe on metepisternum, broadest near legs where extending slightly onto mesepimeron, running above and over spiracle, tapering toward but not reaching antealar carina. A broad, irregular yellow stripe occupies much of metepimeron. Legs with coxae pale with obscure dark areas anteriorly and laterally, otherwise mostly dark brown and black with sparse grey pruinosity on trochanters and femora. Wings (Figs. 2 – 3) with 5 postquadrangular cells in Fw, 4 in Hw. 18 Px in Fw, 16 (left) and 15 (right) Px in Hw. Pt pale, covering ca 2 underlying cells, approximately rhombic, but with costal side a little shorter than anal side. Abdomen: S 1 black dorsally, laterally mostly yellow. S 2 mostly black with obscure rusty red markings in apical two thirds. S 3 – 6 red, darkening with each successive segment, black behind posterior carina dorsally and in upper part laterally. S 7 dark red dorsally except at apical extremity, same colour lower laterally, with a poorly defined black stripe between, except in basal ca one-fifth. S 8 black with obscure dark red markings lower laterally and in basal half dorsally. S 9 black except for apical red lower lateral mark. S 10 black. Genital ligula (Fig. 4) typical for group 2 Calicnemia, terminal segment with two broad apical lobes, almost square at ends. Anal appendages of typical form for the genus, as shown in Figs. 5–7 with interior ventral tooth located basally on cercus, bifurcated terminally. Measurements (mm): Abdomen without anal appendages 37, paraprocts ca 1.5; Hw 28.5. Female. Unknown. Variation in paratype male. The paratype male (Fig. 8) does not differ from the holotype in any significant way except that two full length pruinose antehumeral stripes are present, and there is more extensive pruinosity on the prothorax and laterally on the synthorax. Additionally abdominal S 1 – 2 are largely pruinose grey. Measurements (mm): Abdomen without anal appendages 35; Hw 28.5; 18 Px in Fw, 14 (right) or 16 (left) Px in Hw. Diagnosis. A robust group 2 Calicnemia with synthorax black with yellow lateral marks and abdomen with S 2 – 7 wholly or partly red. Separated from all other species of group 2 of Calicnemia except C. hasik Wilson & Reels, 2003, C. mortoni (Laidlaw, 1917), C. nipalica Kimmins, 1958, C. pulverulans (Selys, 1886) and C. rectangulata Laidlaw, 1932 by the black mesepisternum lacking antehumeral markings or with only pruinose blue antehumeral markings. Distinguished from C. pulverulans by the entirely black abdomen and the more rounded ends of the lobes of the terminal segment of the ligula of that species. Distinguished from C. hasik by more extensive red colouration on the abdomen, broader lobes of the terminal segment of the ligula and shorter tooth on the cercus in lateral view. C. rectangulata differs in the extent of the red markings in the abdomen and in having a much larger tooth on the cercus, very prominent in lateral view. C. nipalica has the terminal segment of the ligula deeply divided. C. mortoni has a longer but less broad tooth on the cercus and the terminal segment of the ligula deeply divided. Remarks. In his PhD thesis (Zia 2010) the second author gave this species a name, Indocnemis ahmedi, and presented a (composite) description, but also issued a disclaimer, citing article 8.2 of the International code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 2012), to the effect that “description of new species i.e. Indocnemis ahmedi provided in this dissertation is not issued for public and permanent scientific record or for purposes of zoological nomenclature”. The name ahmedi is therefore not available; in any case it would not have been available because no holotype was designated (article 16.4.1). Calicnemis fortis was found flying within tall grassy vegetation around an open spring which runs into a fast flowing stream. Calicnemia eximia was common at the same site. Unfortunately following the devastating earthquake in October 2005 the spring at the type locality dried up, and the species has not been relocated in that area despite repeated searches by the second author in the following three years. However, Zia (2010) lists two additional males from a location in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. These specimens have not been seen by the first author and in the view of the second author might represent a different species, because they differ quite substantially in colouration and some other characters as well; therefore they are left out of consideration here. The species should be searched for not just in neighbouring regions of Pakistan, but also in the neighbouring Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In life the markings on the abdomen were pinkish red, becoming darker on S 6–7; in the holotype they have faded considerably with preservation. The colour of the paratype male (Fig. 8) is better preserved than that of the holotype, as is the extensive pruinosity on the thorax and abdominal S 1–2. In the holotype there is no indication of any antehumeral markings, but pruinose antehumeral stripes are present in the paratype. Possibly, as is the case in males of some other Calicnemia species, e.g. C. soccifera Yu & Chen, 2013, yellow antehumeral markings are present in immature individuals but later these markings become completely pruinose (Yu & Chen 2013). In the case of C. fortis, possibly the underlying marking fades completely, leading to the condition now seen in the holotype. Calicnemia fortis comes closest to C. pulverulans, from which it differs principally in the colour of the abdomen and details of the genital ligula. Calicnemia pulverulans has been recorded as far west as the Nanda Devi Bisophere Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, India (Kumar 1997), but this is more than 600 km from the type locality of C. fortis. Differences from C. pulverulans and other species most closely resembling the available material of C. fortis are given in the diagnosis. Considering the remaining species in group 2 of Calicnemia, C. fortis males are easily separated from those of C. chaseni (Laidlaw in Campion & Laidlaw, 1928), C. miles (Laidlaw, 1917), C. miniata (Selys, 1886), C. chaoi Wilson, 2004, and C. zhuae Zhang & Yang, 2008, which have bright red or orange antehumeral stripes as well as differences in the anal appendages and genital ligula; uniquely in the genus C. chaoi possesses amber wings (Wilson 2004). Of three Chinese species with males possessing yellow or pruinosed antehumeral stripes: C. gulinensis Yu & Bu, 2008, C. porcata Yu & Bu, 2008 and C. soccifera, C. soccifera has the terminal segment of the genital ligula with much narrower lobes and legs with a red or yellow femur contrasting with a black tibia. Calicnemia gulinensis has an orange abdomen and far more extensive pale markings on labrum and clypeus and C. porcata differs in the colouration of the head, details of the tooth on the cercus and in the ligula, which bears a distinctive ridge centrally on the terminal segment, and has the lobes almost square ended. This leaves two species that have not been placed in either of Lieftinck’s groups within Calicnemia; these are dealt with below. The species group to which C. uenoi Asahina, 1997, from Vietnam belongs is unclear because Asahina provided no illustration of the ligula. Asahina (1997: 22) stated that C. uenoi is “One of the typical Calicnemia species...”, but judging from the illustrations it seems atypical in the form of the tooth on the cercus, a narrow median spine rather than the robust tooth, normally with a bifid tip, and typically placed more basally, that is usual in Calicnemia. The type series of C. uenoi was deposited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan, but at the present time it cannot be located (Akihiko Sasamoto and Takuya Kiyoshi, personal communication). However, in the collection of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (RMNH), Leiden, there is a male labelled as C. uenoi from the area of the type locality, donated from the collection of Matti Hämäläinen and originally collected by Haruki Karube. It is difficult to reconcile the anal appendages of the RMNH specimen with Asahina’s illustrations, and this specimen seems close to C. hasik. When describing C. hasik, Wilson & Reels (2003: 266) commented on Asahina’s description of C. uenoi and, understandably, concluded that their species was distinct; the RMNH specimen suggests that further study of this matter is needed. It is to be hoped that the type series of C. uenoi will become available in the near future. In any case, C. uenoi as illustrated by Asahina is clearly distinguished from C. fortis by the form and position of the tooth on the cercus, and C. hasik and the RMNH specimen differ from C. fortis in the details of the ligula, anal appendages and colouration. Calicnemia sudhaae Mitra, 1994, known from Mizoram in northeast India and which is said (Mitra 2002) to resemble C. pulverulans, does not appear to have been assigned to either species group within Calicnemia. This species is illustrated in Mitra (2002: figs. 54-56) where the ligula appears to have ribbon-like flagellae, an impression confirmed by the text “flagella one pair, long ribbon like with pointed apex” (Mitra 2002: 56). Therefore C. sudhaae belongs to group 1 of Calicnemia and need not be considered further here. The large size and long wing length of this species partly accounts for the high count of postquadrangular cells in C. fortis, a character that Fraser (1933), following Laidlaw (1917), used to separate Calicnemia from Indocnemis Laidlaw, 1917. Recent authors have seldom or never given counts of the postquadrangular cells in their descriptions of Calicnemia species, but the illustration of the Hw of C. chaoi shows 4 postquadrangular cells (Wilson 2004: 429, fig. 21). Lieftinck (1977: 20, 22) stated that C. miniata males from northern India and Nepal examined have 3 – 4 postquadrangular cells and that even the holotype male of C miles has 3 – 3 - 1 / 2 postquadrangular cells. In fact the wing photograph of C. pulverulans in Laidlaw (1917: plate XV, fig. 3), the same publication where Indocnemis was described and where the count of postquadrangular cells was first used to distinguish Calicnemia from Indocnemis, shows almost 4 postquadrangular cells in the left Fw. It is to be hoped that these examples will finally lay to rest the idea that the count of postquadrangular cells is a character of value for distinguishing Calicnemia from related genera. With the addition of C. fortis, Calicnemia consists of 22 named species, unless C. pyrrhosoma Lieftinck, 1984 is recognised; this name persists on some world Odonata checklists although it was established as a junior synonym of C. doonensis Sangal & Tyagi, 1984 by Hämäläinen (1989). Yu & Bu (2008) commented on the extent of variability of markings with age and possibly location in C. sinensis Lieftinck, 1984, and geographical variation in markings may occur in other species, so that caution is needed in separating species based entirely on colour patterns. However, structural differences in ligula and caudal appendages are also often subtle, rendering Calicnemia a difficult genus to work on. As noted by Yu & Chen (2013), some of the Chinese species “seem to be closely related, and more detailed studies are needed to clarify their true relationships”; we can only extend this statement to the whole genus.Published as part of Dow, Rory A., Zia, Ahmed, Naeem, Muhammad & Rafi, Muhammad Ather, 2014, Calicnemia fortis sp. nov. from Pakistan (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae), pp. 338-342 in Zootaxa 3869 (3) on pages 338-342, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/22935
A generative adversarial network for single and multi-hop distributional knowledge base completion
No full textAn Empirical Study On Sentiment Polarity Classification Of Book Reviews
No full textSentiment polarity classification deals with automatic classification of text in sentiment polarity categories. While in most of proposed approaches for polarity classification, a dictionary containing polarity-based terms is considered. Such dictionaries are not readily available. We have adopted a machine learning based approach where classifiers are trained over a self-collected corpus of book reviews, annotated with sentimental categories. In this paper, we have presented our investigation of performance evaluation of machine learning classifiers. Five classifiers are evaluated including naïve Bayes, k-nearest neighborer, decision tree and support vector machine. Naïve Bayes has shown us best results
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